Chelsea 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Chelsea beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.

H. Crespo opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Chelsea's goals came from H. Crespo (25') and Arjen Robben (43'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 52 points from 19 and Birmingham City 19th on 13 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Birmingham City's D-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · H. CrespoChelsea · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Arjen RobbenChelsea · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 3, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Joe Cole

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Stephen Clemence, Emile Heskey, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Nicky Butt, Damien Johnson